Hey Guy; I also saw the plans for David's "Slinky Flag" (Ewe?) and really liked it! I thought of mounting the slinky's on a huge peg board so it could be transported anywhere (although it would need supports or a tree to lean against). Let us know if you build it and how it works. It may be too quiet / not have enough gain for my land-locked location but it sounds cool. I think that Craig Healy (IIRC) put toroids on the bottom corners of one of his copper pipe loop antennas and did kinda the same thing.
73, Dave in Indy ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 08:18:24 -0700 From: Guy Atkins <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRCA] Perseus SDR and Slinky Flag Antenna Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Dennis, A few months ago the Youtube video you mention made the rounds of the Perseus Yahoogroup and a couple others I belong to. I correspond occasionally with David Hamilton, the DXer who came up with the Slinky Flag. He continues to do very with with TA DX using this antenna, which looks admittedly sloppy and close to interfering house wiring, etc. It sure works well for him! I bought some Slinkys with the idea of trying them here sometime on the structure that currently supports my rotating ALA100. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 23:11:33 +0000 (UTC) > From: [email protected] > To: IRCA <[email protected]> > Subject: [IRCA] Perseus SDR and Slinky Flag Antenna > Saw is on You Tube, a guy in Scotland has his Perseus SDR connected to a Slinky Flag antenna in his attic. Tuned to 790, ?he's listening to stations in the United States.? Link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVP9jUAuhOc&feature=related Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
